Genus Abalistes Jordan & Seale, 1906
- Abalistes Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53 [364] [nom. nov. for Leiurus, a subgenus of Capriscus Swainson, 1839].
- Leiurus Swainson, W. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. In, Lardner, D. The Cabinet of Natural History. Vol. 2 London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, and John Taylor 452 pp. 135 figs. [194, 326] [a junior homonym of Leiurus Swainson, 1839 (Pisces) on p. 175 and 242, which is a synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758].
Type species:
Leiurus macrophthalmus Swainson, 1839 by subsequent designation, see Swain, J. 1883. A review of Swainson's genera of fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 34: 272-284 [imprint date 1882] [282].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Matsuura, K. & Yoshino, T 2004. A new triggerfish of the genus Abalistes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from the western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 189-194
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |